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/ wh.twv ci joxes salisnrny x.c ovturpay festnttantf aa i833 ~~ vo ry ii * l 1-xo 31 n>d of their ido!itary,aad in their hearts exclaim fiat ttjlentas tua but i support the leading provisions of this bill for reasons the very reverse of these i will repose piwer in the president because i can find noothcr chance of salvation for mycunntiy i wih not be deterred from the a doption-of the measure because rtis recoinnended by the president or because such a reason as tbe chairman has assigned induces others to support it whatever beauties the chairman may dis cover in,this part of his own argument whatever foreign mission may now glitter in the vista be fore them i see and wish to see no prospects of political advancement fir myself or any of my friends arising out of the sudden revolution in executive opinions we have committed the unpardonable sin against that being who appears to be so prominent an object of the humble adora tion of others and if pilitical death be the pun ishment to be inflicted on us for our transgressions we will at least perish hoping nothing from the smiles and tearing nothing freiu the frowns of evecutivu power nor,-Â«ir i trust will any man here who has ever justly laid claim to the honorable title of national republican be deterred from the sup port of this bill by the general denunciation of it as a federal measure we know well that this same ingenious stratagem has been resorted to for thirty years alternately to elevate and to de press the leading demagogues in this ebtthtry the best possible plan to escape the force of rea i son is to appeal to tbe ignorant prejudices of mankind one ho has engaged in this debate traces by the aid of the m a marvellous powers df combination and deduction the nullification resolutions of kentueky and virginia in 179s to the federal party an ingenious modern wri ter has shown bow the word cucumber may be derived r m jeremiah king but even jus prai ses must remain unsung w file the superior in genuity of the invent of tins charge on the men uf other days,Â»hail be held up to the admi rafion of th world the kentucky resolutions which gave birth to the whale heresy of nulli fication arejjutitled to no respect whether we consider the time of their adoption or the mere obj-ct for whieh they were drawn they j were written by a candidate for office in a i period of high party excitement for the very ] purpose of effecting his own election they were j well calculated to intimidate political opponents | by the threat of ultimate disunion innhe event of j his defeat and as such they were denounced by i the co states at riie t.me in the strongest lan gaage t;.ev slept on the shelf after they had done their office without an effort on the part of any man to vindicate the principles contained in them until after the lapse of thirty years when thev were a wakened by the trumpet of dw-ord resaandmgagahi t r g out th s happy enei t --. i say sir mat uu effort a/as made to defend hem from 1800 till after the passage of the 1a iff act of is24 â€” yet they were assailed and denounced in the hearing of the very men who ought to have been first to stand forth in th'fir behalf n the debate on the jud'e'ary of isoi vr giles of virginia having barely so far all d d to the the st.bj c as to iiieiiiion the determination by ihe courts that they are judges in the last resort of the eonstttauonahxy of your laws to prove what he called their unlimited claims to power was promptly met iu reply on this whole qnes tion byjft bayard who triumphantly vindica ted the true principles of the constitution a gainst dhe then recent and arrogant pretensions of slate usurpation state veto state interposition and state tyranny standing on the very prin ciples we now advoeute he threw the gauntlet to any champion on the other side to come forward in defence of the principles iu those resolutions sir no such champion then appeared the reso lutions whieh covered the whole ground of this part of the debate not even named much less defended or held up as authority by any one who ventured into the lists they bad served their purposes sir the party that framed them was seated in power and il was their interest to forge i and to despise thein saries of lif thus purchased from abroad ? i.i 1 thc rauical and fatal error tuo^vrneh five years we should be beggared 1 by the open j has fallen consists in tire omission t-i dis tion of this system our country mould bedepop i eaaniaate betwecuafedefaluoveaimeiit,anatk>n ulatod presenting but a wilo ana melancholy j â€¢*! goverauieu sad our govern nent wnieii is waste and a lasting monument ofoui own folly ] neither exeiusi-ely i derai or natiouai but acom ant pus lianimity at the same ime those who pound otooth the history ofiteuri^in is soon would temporarily profit by this state of things told it wi.8 trained by ilie states n a conven wouid evidently be the kÂ«er also for when tion of tin states apd on the 1 7th sept i7s7 would be tbeir articles received is exchange for by t a convention it was directed first to be their prosuce when we should be no longer submitted to the looted plates in congre;>3 able te buy them on the other hand the con assembled and then to^a convention of dei sequences of the secession ot south carolina from egaten chosen in ea v n i*ie by the people there tne union thoagb that is an event deeply to sf under the reeo : iendatioii of its legislature be deplored while the memory of oar national for tlier assent and ratification it wasa*seÂ»fÂ«i glory is retained would be infinitely to he pref r to by the people after it had been proposed oy ed by us to sech a condition of alfairs we hie stales it iu thus far a cxatract between should in the event of her successfully main ] the peopje and tho state biudiug them and tabling her seperate independence subject ali j eaea of iliem produots and all hi exchanges for them when { tnis coealituti*Â»n is a forra of government iotroduced among us to our own tariff and if i agreed to oetweeu tne several states â€” lii'lnoaa peace did not always smile upon us as it here i the people of the several states â€” between tne toftre has we should at l^ast by the sacrifice j people nf eaeb state and the slate itself and af its blessings maintain oar independence of between ilia people of each state and every all foreign nations i tell the honorable member other state if tbe sovereignty ot tint people l from carolina threfore tliat while secession each state ever had been a unit indivisible and has its terrors for me nufhncation presents unalienable in the sense of the south carolina even still greater evus in prospective and convention the contract would have been void that t cannot be deterred from the support of ab initio but presuming that even thegeutic this bill whose only object is to countervail the man from virginia will agree tnat it is not an elfect of their ordinance and legislation by the absolute nullity and has some binding effect by threats of disunion as a necessary consequence tiie ratification of the peojde i proceed to de of its passage scribe onerty sir the nature at this government 1 come then sir to themiscussion af the inaife and the operations of its powers originating question no v before us as it did both from the states and tne people are this ordinance and legislation sf south jtuo^aanaaaiiobnf ul powers would nave au cariina consonant with the constitution of the j t.ionzed die creation ot gov lament either united states ? r repugnant to the pvyvisjbus exclusively national or a mixture of both ut thai sacred instrument has th state a rignt u^hi house of representatives is a body which to sti'tde from the union havuve the power the people alone ar**t presented iu the sea to eberce obedience to ouf re Â» oavne laws an4 au the afates alsni are represented without lastly if we nave sn.rii powers are the provis eh-toiice to the number of the people contained inns of this bi i such as are proper to secure that within their hunts the executive exercising obedie ice ? there never was any question taiaaibfiud ante an taniawelhi the represen jnore involved in metaphysical subtleties than a.ive of the people and the states combined these oav bean by gentlemen hold in the mb fhese ordinate brauciies of the legislative power ative ot each of thein they invariably seek are checks on each other as the seiratoi from out tie mosi refined and indefinable distinctions â– â– â€¢**â– â– has described ihem it is indeed sir i it weald with them be evidt-nco nf tf-iss obtuse hterally true liiat less than one filth of the peo i neÂ»s of intellect t fail always to discriminate be p e ol ihestates by ifieir liepresehiativw in this i tween a s to and the people of a state between senate could now del at any law proposed by sovereignly aad sovreign power arid to deter the numed ate delegates of the people of the j iniiie with pr cisioii whÂ»re eaeb of these orro u united slaves in ihe oth-r branch of congress ated and whore they now remain between i n"anjt branch is natamal h ewaahw â€” tnis fodera the foo'oatio.v of ihe pow rs f the govern uvtj â€” and the executive is elected by the pow ment and the sources from wutch those powers ers which create them both weii may it be j are drawn â€” and between the effects of a rati said that there never was a goveruiuenl before it fieation by he people oi the united states eat i winch the rights of a majority were so com ! lecta-ely and that uf a rdi.c.tion by ihe same palely protected hut uus pn^ectlou does not j people voting by state di visions the address j sto p here should all these ora^ches of the guv tu the people of south carolina by their dele i eminent irampleon a ni.uority by the enaetmeut gates in convention is replete with such dittine i ui au unconstitutional law it may appeal with tions the passage bom that curi us state paper i sa '" et y to tne judiciary anotiier branch of the : which i am about to r ad sir exhibits the origin government tne members of whieh are uouiina of all the err rs of the wrier in hs opinions of i tt>d b i the**reanleat and confirmed by tne ke liie na.siro of 'â€¢ s ovrei i . *' j presentatives ot tue siales in ibis body and a foreign or inattentive reader laaaeqaahvted 111,all y uhoajd the j udiciary decide in favor of with the origin prog ss and history uf tne htt oppreaaivte 1 w there lies an appeal to the constitution would be very apt from me phra | fwupte to iemâ€ž,e tne agents who have been seolooy of the instrument t.i regard the states ' b ruill y ot ll 'Â° 1'he tate of the alien i ash ving divested themselves if the t sovreign ! and sedition laws would furnish the honorable ty and to hav c become great cjpuraiions sob | meinher from virginia wiiu an apt illustratiou uf ordinate to one supreme government but : tllu ohncttve operation af jus last and most im this is as ermr the state are as sovreign ; pertain check on the exercise of ihe power now as they were previous to then entering j this governaantt paseess the right of selt into the compact fu common barlance audio pww**auuo asa necessary incident to this avoid circumlocution it maybe admissible c j i-nponaui iignt the judicial department possess nourh to speak of fegwted and reserved sov j â€¢*â€¢ power la atuie w the saapnaus language " reignty but correctly speaking sovreign ty is ' Â° j a resolution of the legislature oi my native " a unit it is one indivisible and unalienable ! sme wiueu l received outyesteiday and 1 this " : t is then an absurdity to imagine that i ua > sapport ail controversies between the lni " thesovreitrnty of the states is surrendered in ted stales and tlio respecuve states and all part and retained in pari the federal con ' controversies arising under uie constitution it stitution is a treaty a i^nfederation an alliance selt -" on tins mast nupurunt question it i by which so many f reign stales agree to understand t e honorable srtiaur troui v ngiiiia exercise their sovreign powers conjointly upon ehuius tne doctrine that neu govennueiits certain objects of external concerns on which co.ne ih collision the supreme court cannot de they are equally interested saefa as ft ehte liie genueuiaa iro.n kentucky mr psnee commerce terekja negotiation and iu *Â«*) hahlsthat me court can not exercue politi cian trade aud upon ifl other subjects of civil | al p w i aud heavers that the quesuon now g.'.vrnment they were to exercise their sov ugilatmg the mate of south carolina cannot be r gnty seperatcly this is the true nature of decideu uy ihe court because they arc all cases tho comiact â– Â°^ liie exercise of political power k vrei'mtv is by this authority anajtâ€”it vv'iien wr asaedwu the present illustrious is - e and muilicnabk the iu president of the uunrtj in hw place as a iuuui frencj dtewn from these premises is thai it is ber ot ihe house of representatives teak the an absurdity to imagine that the sov reignty of anttiuetton rehed apun aotwnen jcoieial and po the state is surrendered hi part and retained itucal power he dearly explained and defined u part in vain did the trainers of our glorious "â€¢ a he court can decide only m a case which constitution in their circular of the 17th septem '-*'> brought before it it can do nothing ut ber 1787 declaring that it was obviously im us mere motion it has no legislative ami no nracuble in the federal government erf these eaecauve power bat m every case m law or states to secure all rights of independent mjb i""y which could arise octore uie court under mvniy to each and yet provide for the interest tde constitution or laws it is as the courts ot and safety of au in vain did thev declare that the united slates are now organized the sole individuals entering into society most give up aft.ter ; and i.oi.ung has ever lalleu lro.u mr a share of liberty to preserve the rest in vain marshall to eontradiet this piiuciple on the did they the representatives of the stales them j eunttaty the whole cuneiil oxaulnoriliui m the selves ordain that no state shall enter iulo t^ouh sustains it any treaty alliance or confederation ; grant let j q da tnen tne mest i on w the validity of the ters of marque and reprisal coin money emit g uut | l carolina ordinance and kgislation made bills of credit make any thing but gold aid sil ; as liu .^. trt , m opposition to our revenue laws vercoin a tender in payment uf debts pass any | arise beioru uie court why not ? if it be bill of attaindsr ex post facto law or law iin uut p re=>eillu d tor determination there it must be pairing the obligation of contracts in vain ou - ll)for tlj kj ol j iar caust . which 1 can understand did they provide that no state should without than the refusal uf tier citizens to bwig up tne the consent of congress lay any imposts or duty p j a au actlon f or a breach uf our revenue on imports or exports except what may be ab | j an - sj ln e citizen of caroliua who may claim solutely necessary for executing its inspection l beaefiiÂ«fuua state interposition cau surely laws subjecting at the same time all such lavys j p eaa lil s j k . c i a | lua tter in bar of the action set to the revision and control of congress in vain un ibriti the ordinance and laws under which did they determine that no state shall without 1 1 jm nrutcirtion the attorney fur the the consent of congress lay any duty on ton government must demur to the plea because nage keep troopsor ships of war in lime of peace tll(j owiscoaiaaaad in it are not taasonabie enter into any agreement or compact with aa 1 thcjadjnwnt of the court below and ul the other state or with a foreign power or engage c>ll , rt mtppeal must be on tho vory question iÂ«i i/-ar unless actually invaded or in such iuimi whether this ordinance and these laws are con nent danger as wil not admit of delay and bli t ul i 0 j a l will any professional gentleman what is more than all this the people of south | iere deny this ? will any one of them state a carolma on the 2sd of may 178 in vain sol nitswih tlinvalfj hi tr^-h to the propriety of eimily de^lae to us a d to the whole world uu6 tu 0e ot preseiitingÂ°the whole question m that they a,seu ted to and ratified thia constitu jb||u htrtirrjirn us to this tribunal sir i deiy tio it was reserved to the wisdom ol after t j u j r dcruluj y they know as i do that the ages to discover that they had not the pow case 1sliue vv | i ' lc i cau be easily submitted to the er to make a valid cmtraet that their ovfeign ourv rfthey dare u do it sbj r 1 - " 1 " iivisib i e d k alienable r|||i ,â€ž. m his , ate mejis age in refer w by sir if this dogma should be established , aleresuag 6ixbieclt has brought tne necessary cons^uenc of it is that there can government to its true principles an l be but two t rms ot gevernment knowa among laauiu)iied lua aulilonty of the court as i hav c men â€” an absolute democracy or absolute des ,_ t aathan i if the people cannot alien any pirtion s " â€ž. â€” .. , . of their sovreion vivver for their own good we the sentiments of the \ ice *-Â£* j are ourselves usurpers of aathonhy and are guilty coincde a ith these un tnsva of treason by tbe very act of attempting u le has been no non-^aim.ttal van buien gislate for their henofit rn hw speech hhw jadkawy m u*f 'Â»?Â£>. my honorable friend from virginia whileso has toa ju-tly ibserveu that t eloquently aunportiag what he teruis the dem not up,n this eartn.and there "^ et j e *"? o.-raucdoetrinetof 17m assures us that , ur a judicial tribunal clothed with powers so van government could not be auveieign in any seass us aud so nnpurttut as the uajlw if that onj ; that it was but nal lins won by it treaties and laws made r j â– tbe states and held its existence out at the he constitution are declared to ue thj opre pleasure of the stales he puts the signifi lawof he iaud sotar cant interrogatory to sustain himself in these congress deasaw upon the gourt lor , pos,tions_can there be such a thing as a cm ution the supreme court zen of the united states aud to this he de * osucb net ampumawit to the Â«^ ft f""t mands an answer Â»Â«* **Â» Â«Â« hff Â« zsjtmss jm i wdlgivehirn tbat answer sir bydescxib â– Â«Â»" theretore may absolutely jfj 7 mi uus urvamajant a it uctuauy aajnaj . id ihe ukÂ»ut aaawaaaw not only are the acts uf tho national leg 0 latkm subject to its review but it stau is as th umpire between die conrlicting powers of tha genetal and state governments but thÂ«s in not all it not only sits in final judgment uptni our acts as the highest legislative bidy known to th country â€” ii iÂ»,,t only claims to be the avso lute arbiu-r between the federal ami state go verninents â€” but it exercises the same great pow er between the respective state iorinn r uus â€¢ great con fed racy and their own citizens there are few stales in ibe union upon Â« hi we acts the seal of condemnation has not from time to time been placed by the supremo court thc sovtrei^u authorities of vermont new hampshire new york new jersv penn sylvania maryhuid virginia north candida â€¢ uvsnuri kentucky and ohio have hi turn been rebuked and silenced by the over ruling authority of ibis court i must not be under stood sir as complaining of tbe exercise af this jurisdiction by the supreme court to pass upon the correctness of their decisions tha authoruif has been given to them slid this it not the place is g'kxtiaa its exercise mr clayton here spoke of the atte npta mad to exonerate virginia from the imputation of in consistency between the principles of her reso lution of 98 and those adopted unan.iu ously i i answer to pennsylvania the senator from virginia says that because they were unanioioua they could not have been wen crnei lered though the seuator had urged the same argument on a former occasion mr c said he couid not doem it sound a unanimous vote in his opinion impli ed a well considered and well settled decision the axgu ne*a raised upon tbe distinction be tween a proposition for an aibiter to decide con troversies between a sute and the federal gov ernment and & propusm.m f>r an arbiter betweau the states theinsentsykes he rejected a*a meta physical refinement mr c thro rel/rred to tho south carolina address from whieh ho cited tho terlfs tiir carolina watchman is published rerrwvekal 7>w dollar p-r year in advane uh re the laaamieri live c unties more than in hnndred miles dishnrt ian sekebory and ia . tt irre the aecou.it is over one year stun all caws Â» "Â« ii ;:.,., lit mice wid oe-4 s suhswion will be taken for less than one vjr advcrtising-willhedonoa the usual rates n labhcription will he withdrawn until arnjara â€ž,.< are paid . aaleaj the editor r houses b sirsobacriaew paying the whole sum m ao v ( ,;â€ž- nhavetheltaie%aawiat 50 tor ond year and if advanced regularly will he conunu ed at the same rate afterwards all letters to the editor oust la postpaid or ihevviunuf l attended to ' per addressing the editor m the business , f the ofri'-e will address bun as editor ot the carpkmi walchina those that write on oth er business ean direct to ii c jones n b all the subscriptions taken before the nm"!.eeineut of this pap r it will be remem bered become due on the publication of too fust nuaibur .. the wa.tcii.vf an salislw^y saturday february 2.i 1833 revenue collection bill the senate then proceeded again to the spe cuil order of the day and the rill making fur ther provision for the collection of the revenue being announced mr clayton of delaware rose he said that when the eloaaeat and able setta'or fntu v'ilginai,(in > i tyhf mno yesterduy to discuss the bill under eoiisidernlion he had expressed his apprehension ihat some loose remark which aught fall from hiin in the ardor of debate might prove fatal to him entertained and delighted as i i was by t lie perspicuous and admirable speech of the gentleman sustaining the doctrines of thel jeweer'v worm am watch s\9 clock repaihina proii'i state which heso^^^^bymis ever rr otill carries on tbe above bosinesi in its presented on this floor kuic his first introduction n v.rwms braaeheu w the house formerly i as a member of this body mr c confessed that accursed bv james b hampton one door above j he could scarcely conceive of tho possibility of â€¢ o '.|.:, v â€ž more he is confideut by his kingexpe j any distortion oi his views or misapprehension of riÂ«ttce that he has acquired a practical know his sentiments i hnow well said mi clayton ( keo'f ids trade and thinks that his work will i that my honorable friend will acquit me iu the id ...' as well as by uf mechanic in the state outset of any wilful design to icisrepresent him he has on band a small assortment of jewelry , and he knows equally well that if iu the course a i ' silver ware whieh he will sell cheap i | af heated debate i should at any time while re ' he is thankful for net custom and still solicits a ; ferring to his pinions fail to express myself as ghareof theeuatomof those who have use forhi^he did it vuilnve rne pleasare to stand corree irodv lie will wasunat his work to do well for lied by his explanations while about to dissent twelve inoutbi if ii huls no charge will be | u\m many of his opinions on tbe interesting sub i , liect suffer me to add said mr clayton that if lie ,''â€¢ m m^m ihws ilsburv feb l s >â– Â» 1 - â– ' mm m mmmmmmmmm m iny iuckicss expression of mine delivered in tne ho^yutottftts discussion should uo ut youd its maik in me h r prevail i-hrrs most h have ity h following passage * it is toruiuati for the view which we have justtaken that the history of the c mstitulioii as traced through the journals of the convention which framed that instrument places the right contended fir upon the same sure fcondttiltn these journals furnish abundant proof that ik line of jurisdiction between the states and fe deral government in doubtful cases and 1/r randolph the in st prominent advocates for a supreme government that it was impmible to draw this line because bo tribunal sulficicntl * impartial as they conceived could be found and that there was no alternative but to make the federal government supreme by giving it iu all such cases a negative m lheuets,of ihe slate legislatures the pertinacity with which this negative power was insisted on by tho adv-k-ates of a national government even after all the im portant provisions of the jndicii'rif or third ar ticle of tho constitution were arranged aud a greed to proves beyoud doubt that the supreme court was never contemplated by either parly in that convention as an arbiter to decide confid ing claims of sovereignty between the states and congress and the repeated rejection of all pro posals to take from the state the poweref placing their own construction oa the irtidesel union evinces that the s'a'es were resolved never to part with the right to judge whether the acts of the federal legislature wore or were not ab in fringement of those articles entertainment â€¢ * fll sahscriner respectfully kegs < .Â»'"* j j 1 bave to inform ins old cl's k.'.'ib to\if.tts and the public generally 1"1!3h1 a im t ntinues to keep that laroe and spacious buii.t nfch northeast ror^ep ot ttie court-house square .-/ ./; directly in till centre of till village where he wdl al all times be happy to receive company his table and bar are as good as the market affords 1 1 is roomsand bedding inferior to none h'.s stables large and convenient well supplied with provender and every attention paid to horses newspapers grain different parti of the uu ted states are ta keu at this kstanltshmfinar t r the use of the public and no exertions will be spared by the pn r it irt s render his guests comfortable wadeshor.wgh n.c oci.iw.l2 s t waddill jr ti:j peraues travelling through this place in either of th starts will find at this mouse prompt attention comfortable aeeoinrnodations and inwlaratfl charges j . w jr if mr clayton said a doubt had ever existed in his judgment as the course which it was lis duty to pursue in referring to this most interesting measure that doubt would have been dispelled by o.rtain res dutions whieh he hell in his hand proceeding from the legislature of tbe state of whose interests and wishes he was a representa live on this floor those resolutions in sub aunce declare that the constitution of the uni ted-states is not a treaty or a kiere compact be tween sovereign states beita form of government emanating from and established by tiie authority ot the people of the united states that this government although one of limited powers is supreme within its sphere of action and that the people owe to it an allegiance which cannot in consonance with the constitution be withdrawn by state nullification or state secession that ti.e supreme court of tho united states is the only and proper tribunal for uie setih neat iu the last resort of controversies arising ui.dtr that eon sfitiitroii and the laws of congress â€” that in ea ses uf gross and intolerable oppression lor which the ordinary remedies to be found in the elective franchise and tbe responsibility uf public officers are inade.piate the remedy is an extra constitu tional resistance and revolution tho language of our people f said mr c as expressed by their representatives in reference to the fatal delusion pervading the recent ordinance and legislation uf south carolina is that while they entertain the kindest fcefiiigs towards the people of that state with whom they stood side by side in the war of the revolution and iu whose defence their l>1 od v as freely spilt they will not taller in theu nib glance out will be found now as then true to tiieir country aud its government and they pledge themselves to support that government m the exercise uf its constitutional rights and in the discharge of its consuiution.il duties these resoititietis proceeding as they do from gentle li.e.i uf all political parties do not instruct me to adopt the principles embraced in them as my po litical faith and creed they leave me untrammel led by any mandate to follow the course which in v own judgment may dictate in reference to the whole subject but mr clayton said his sentiments were no secret to the ptople uf the slate he had the lion or to represent or to their legislature whin doctrines directly the reverse of ihose were first advocated within the walls of ibis chamber though fresh ha his beat here his voice had been rased against them the very first effort said mr clayton that was ever made here iu favor of the real carolinu doctrine of nullification by h stale convention urged by a gentleman now a happy convert to much uf my pjitic.il catechism and urged then with a degrtee of a oility which has not been surpassed in this de bate â€” waj replied to by n.e while feebly sup porting the very doctrine contained in the resolu tions of delaware so tar as i have referred to them 1 assure that honorable member there is now no other mode known among men whereby he can be politically saved sir said mr c .) tho principles which i en tered public life and with which by the blessing of god i intend to live and die â€” the same pnn ciples for which 1 and my poltical friends have ot en contending during the whole period uf my service in tins senate have been discovered by the president in this perilous crisis of our coun try's history to be ihe only true conservative principles of the constitution as one of those w ho have steadily , though unsuccessfully , opposed v bai in my conscience 1 believe io have been kxe eutive usurpations of power-doctrines leading a i have af tea predicted to the present day results â€” true to the same principles 1 now find myself by a sodden revolution in the whole political iou.se f die administration anxiously s.p,or ti.ig its very strongest measiirvs at tue same unit 1 find the president without the aiu uf my self and my political friends in a very small anu hopeless minority in the senate it is under these circumstances air that the chairman ot the committee assignsa reason for supporting thu oill so directiy opposite to mine â€” so repugnant to ail my notions of right and wrong â€” that 1 deem it my duty in limine to euttr my protest against it he supports the bill if i understood bun rightly because the president is to execute it i he votes tor thisgieat measure because it confers power on one who toll it not m gath never never abused p wer he goes for tne nam â€” he sustains the principle for the sake of the man there may be others sir who with a deep devo itiou whieh no circumstance cau diminish or abate with an anient zeal which no tyranny could cool with a blind confidence which neither time nor hide c'jdd ever wear away would haw to thc the facts upon which those conclusions wern based were he said erroneously stale there was in the convection a member from the stats of maryland who wasa nullilier at that day lie was a man of distinguished ability aud le gal attainments he referred to luther martu . ueoppned the constitution and refuse his sig nature to it he represented one ai uvaa small states the safety of which be believed to depend on the establishment of a purely federal govern ment the house of delegates of maryland demanded of him his reasons for refusing to sign the constitution those reasons be gave in n very able view of the constitution eashauing all the objections to that instrument which have since been urged mosmsrtq'l especially to tie powers given to tha supreme court and to the clause providing for thc aoniahnjenl of trea son these powers mr micrfin contended consoli dated the government arbitrary power he ay may and ought tohe resisted by anus jfueeeaai ry the time might etane when tht dignity and safety of a state might render necessary rcsor to the sword in which case the constitution pre vhledthat every one of her citizens so r sisting the laws of the federal government shall h>i dealt with astraitois mr.c went on to n ad certain passages from the document to which uu bad referred â€” by the third section of this article it n d claretl that treason against the umtetl states shall consist in levying war against iheua or iu adhering to their ciiemies giving them aid or comfort . by the principles of the american revolution arbitrarv power may aud anfbt to hs resisted even by anus if necessary tlie time may com when it shall be the duty af a state in order to preserve itself from the oppression of tl general rovernmeiit to have recourse to the sword in which ease the purposed form of government de clares that the state and every us of he citizens who not under its authority are guilty of a direct act af treason kc to save the ejtiaons of ihe respective states from this disagreeable dilemma and tnaanam tiiem from hnuaj punishable as trsdon to the united sqdes when acting expressly in obedicnc to the authority of their own state i anahed to naveobuined l an u.nd.uent to tbe third sec tion of this artcde thc fouewmg clause pu vild.that,.o a etoracudo.,ebyoae or mm m the stole against the letted state or by an citizen of oueaf the united states **"*Â» authority uf one or v**j^fsnnnk2 shall lie deemed treason or pian-w ai >*â– * hut in case of war being g of the j ril^u*r,vÂ»u*Â«.r conduct ot each part jw^saai by the ndneianto respecuvbly Â»!Â«Â« w k - m * laws of war and af f b*ti beiiu hut tiii pro vision was p i ' , "Â°. i*tâ€žtb^2restehject af many pi too much oppos lhe ftr eoavensun which *â– to htsxes at the = by 1 j pneavnoang mm vy zs?mi ilsoauk tkeir iiumediato aud entuu continued mr clayton if the doetrfo ttssi suite may nullify the hvwsof tha i'nion and atill remam is the una thÂ«o ma union " rorsututioe i oiost be some clause of jzljm*mm iborrxing ihumueo to the law amh f government by tae s tate wj huf , pÂ«ars offered anauiewhnenj g*"j i^whkhwasre j ec,ed.ar^h rli<t j maryland dut tbe j syhti jectiou is that she eat â– 'Â« , flÂ«,,Â»i f eanout res^t a law of he cnryw Â«. it u fe3iale seminary in iatesrule is consequence of mr caldwell's death the exercises of the female seminary in states vill will be suspended until the first moiuhj in january terms as heretofore instruction on the piano forte by miss e j baker 40 some difficulty has always been found in pruenring boarding for so large a number of young ladies as attend this school conse quently it would be highly gratifying to the teachers if some gentleman of strict morality would opeg a private buarding-i louse tor their ace-iiiiinoilatioti it ia probable a commodious ] louse could bo uhlaiued for that purpose this tab m a caldwell e j iiakelt tca^iiers suffer uie fir to add one other preliminary remark before i proceed to the argument ufthe main tjtiestion involved in the consideration of this bill the gentleman from north carolina 1/r brown j is reference to the use of force to sustain the revenue laws cited a passage from the speech of the same distinguishe'cr represen tative of my native slate to whom i have alluded delivered in congress on the subject of the em bargo law the object was to show that our government ought not to be sustained by the use of force when concession can prevent it â€” and 1 grant the gentleman the full benefit of all the passage he has cited i am willing to adopt the recommendation of that eminent statesman in the present case i am willing to concede all that can be yielded to an honest difference of opinion consistently with the honor and in terest ot the nation i would now jjive my vote for a new tariff winch should extend the list ul articles to be admitted duiy free and as tar as that list could puesibly he extended without in | jury to the essential manufactures of the coun try but it ought never to be honed for that the system whieh now protects the industry of the tanner the mechanic and manufacturers i'i short the whole laboring freemen in the juiddle western and northern slates from competition with the british paupers should be utterly and unconditionally abandoned sir lam well sat isfied that it cannot be so abandoned without the iniia netit danger of a steady ra ulutkai in this [ government and that in this view of the sub i ject it would be infinitely better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not ol if the measure proposed should as is alleged , drive south carolina into open secession â€” still sir 1 hold that state secession is a lesser evil loan state nullification i think this pusitian is easily demonstrable if thc litter doctrine be triumphantly established â€” if inleed it lie true that any one of these states can rightfully and constitutionally decide in the last resort on the mode and aaaanon of retires lor all her allege 1 grievances â€” then sir,is south carolina while all her potts are open tor the admission of every article off importation duty free still within tbe pale of the union , and entitled to parti lpate in all its blessings though sue refuses to share in any of its barthens the whole amount uf southern exports a mou.iuug to 40 millions annually may be ex changed for foreign manufactures and foreign palace ; and by virtua of this ordinance ot nul lificatiori the exchange may through these free ports be forced upon tbe consumption of the whole county in defiance of all our laws for the col leetten ot duties the immediate effect of this must be desolation and ruin to us â€” desolation and miu so certain and so speedy that our south em brethren would find us a prey hardly worth the trouble of pursuit after the lapse of five years throwing out of view the destruction nf our manufacturers aud mechanics the immediate consequence of this state ol things ) i ask what | have we to meet the never-ending drain of our i maotj to pay fijc all the ui-jhi bnpurtaut oeces statesvilie,nov ii f!8 notice rilhi co-partnership heretofore existing be jl tweeu the subscribers in the town of mi+r ganton barks county in the mercantile busi ness is dissolved by mutual consent â€” all claims due the said firm are transferred to robert c pearson â€” with whom it is desirable that the tame should be liquidated and settled either by payment of nolo as s,k.ii as practicable john caldwell r c pearson *,* hubert c pearson thankful for past fa vors informs bis friends and the public thai he will continue to carry on the business in mor gaaton that he ias just received and is reeeiv i.il r , a general asantineut in every branch uf his line of uuhinesa and by bis unremitted attention io his business and cheapness of his goods he hopes to ensure the oatinuaaee of a liber al share of tho patronage of a generous public dec 29â€”tf23 si all of nohth-carollna daywood col nt v superior court of law oetubt r term a d lsjj william green us > petition for d'.vvrce keshdi green j in tins case it hiving been made appear to tbe lisfar-tiou of the court that the defendant ke : ejakgreea,ierides without urn hunts uf this state so that iheurdtnarj process of the law can nut >â€¢ served on hen it i therefore ordered by the urt that nuhliestion be made in the caiolina \ atchn.au ' m the north-carohna specta rand western advertiser for the term of three ! oiiths ratifying tbe defendant to be and appear a superior coart of law to be held tor ihe ounty of haywood at the court-house in j v'ayiiesville on the second tuesday after the ' irtu monday in march next then and there to end answer or demur to ihe petition of the pe loner otherwise judgement pro eaa/eaw will t ntered against her and decree made eeour inrly and.it is further ordered that the editors of i said papers be requested to forward their pers to this ollku during tho said three oaths teat johns love qlu

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/ wh.twv ci joxes salisnrny x.c ovturpay festnttantf aa i833 ~~ vo ry ii * l 1-xo 31 n>d of their ido!itary,aad in their hearts exclaim fiat ttjlentas tua but i support the leading provisions of this bill for reasons the very reverse of these i will repose piwer in the president because i can find noothcr chance of salvation for mycunntiy i wih not be deterred from the a doption-of the measure because rtis recoinnended by the president or because such a reason as tbe chairman has assigned induces others to support it whatever beauties the chairman may dis cover in,this part of his own argument whatever foreign mission may now glitter in the vista be fore them i see and wish to see no prospects of political advancement fir myself or any of my friends arising out of the sudden revolution in executive opinions we have committed the unpardonable sin against that being who appears to be so prominent an object of the humble adora tion of others and if pilitical death be the pun ishment to be inflicted on us for our transgressions we will at least perish hoping nothing from the smiles and tearing nothing freiu the frowns of evecutivu power nor,-Â«ir i trust will any man here who has ever justly laid claim to the honorable title of national republican be deterred from the sup port of this bill by the general denunciation of it as a federal measure we know well that this same ingenious stratagem has been resorted to for thirty years alternately to elevate and to de press the leading demagogues in this ebtthtry the best possible plan to escape the force of rea i son is to appeal to tbe ignorant prejudices of mankind one ho has engaged in this debate traces by the aid of the m a marvellous powers df combination and deduction the nullification resolutions of kentueky and virginia in 179s to the federal party an ingenious modern wri ter has shown bow the word cucumber may be derived r m jeremiah king but even jus prai ses must remain unsung w file the superior in genuity of the invent of tins charge on the men uf other days,Â»hail be held up to the admi rafion of th world the kentucky resolutions which gave birth to the whale heresy of nulli fication arejjutitled to no respect whether we consider the time of their adoption or the mere obj-ct for whieh they were drawn they j were written by a candidate for office in a i period of high party excitement for the very ] purpose of effecting his own election they were j well calculated to intimidate political opponents | by the threat of ultimate disunion innhe event of j his defeat and as such they were denounced by i the co states at riie t.me in the strongest lan gaage t;.ev slept on the shelf after they had done their office without an effort on the part of any man to vindicate the principles contained in them until after the lapse of thirty years when thev were a wakened by the trumpet of dw-ord resaandmgagahi t r g out th s happy enei t --. i say sir mat uu effort a/as made to defend hem from 1800 till after the passage of the 1a iff act of is24 â€” yet they were assailed and denounced in the hearing of the very men who ought to have been first to stand forth in th'fir behalf n the debate on the jud'e'ary of isoi vr giles of virginia having barely so far all d d to the the st.bj c as to iiieiiiion the determination by ihe courts that they are judges in the last resort of the eonstttauonahxy of your laws to prove what he called their unlimited claims to power was promptly met iu reply on this whole qnes tion byjft bayard who triumphantly vindica ted the true principles of the constitution a gainst dhe then recent and arrogant pretensions of slate usurpation state veto state interposition and state tyranny standing on the very prin ciples we now advoeute he threw the gauntlet to any champion on the other side to come forward in defence of the principles iu those resolutions sir no such champion then appeared the reso lutions whieh covered the whole ground of this part of the debate not even named much less defended or held up as authority by any one who ventured into the lists they bad served their purposes sir the party that framed them was seated in power and il was their interest to forge i and to despise thein saries of lif thus purchased from abroad ? i.i 1 thc rauical and fatal error tuo^vrneh five years we should be beggared 1 by the open j has fallen consists in tire omission t-i dis tion of this system our country mould bedepop i eaaniaate betwecuafedefaluoveaimeiit,anatk>n ulatod presenting but a wilo ana melancholy j â€¢*! goverauieu sad our govern nent wnieii is waste and a lasting monument ofoui own folly ] neither exeiusi-ely i derai or natiouai but acom ant pus lianimity at the same ime those who pound otooth the history ofiteuri^in is soon would temporarily profit by this state of things told it wi.8 trained by ilie states n a conven wouid evidently be the kÂ«er also for when tion of tin states apd on the 1 7th sept i7s7 would be tbeir articles received is exchange for by t a convention it was directed first to be their prosuce when we should be no longer submitted to the looted plates in congre;>3 able te buy them on the other hand the con assembled and then to^a convention of dei sequences of the secession ot south carolina from egaten chosen in ea v n i*ie by the people there tne union thoagb that is an event deeply to sf under the reeo : iendatioii of its legislature be deplored while the memory of oar national for tlier assent and ratification it wasa*seÂ»fÂ«i glory is retained would be infinitely to he pref r to by the people after it had been proposed oy ed by us to sech a condition of alfairs we hie stales it iu thus far a cxatract between should in the event of her successfully main ] the peopje and tho state biudiug them and tabling her seperate independence subject ali j eaea of iliem produots and all hi exchanges for them when { tnis coealituti*Â»n is a forra of government iotroduced among us to our own tariff and if i agreed to oetweeu tne several states â€” lii'lnoaa peace did not always smile upon us as it here i the people of the several states â€” between tne toftre has we should at l^ast by the sacrifice j people nf eaeb state and the slate itself and af its blessings maintain oar independence of between ilia people of each state and every all foreign nations i tell the honorable member other state if tbe sovereignty ot tint people l from carolina threfore tliat while secession each state ever had been a unit indivisible and has its terrors for me nufhncation presents unalienable in the sense of the south carolina even still greater evus in prospective and convention the contract would have been void that t cannot be deterred from the support of ab initio but presuming that even thegeutic this bill whose only object is to countervail the man from virginia will agree tnat it is not an elfect of their ordinance and legislation by the absolute nullity and has some binding effect by threats of disunion as a necessary consequence tiie ratification of the peojde i proceed to de of its passage scribe onerty sir the nature at this government 1 come then sir to themiscussion af the inaife and the operations of its powers originating question no v before us as it did both from the states and tne people are this ordinance and legislation sf south jtuo^aanaaaiiobnf ul powers would nave au cariina consonant with the constitution of the j t.ionzed die creation ot gov lament either united states ? r repugnant to the pvyvisjbus exclusively national or a mixture of both ut thai sacred instrument has th state a rignt u^hi house of representatives is a body which to sti'tde from the union havuve the power the people alone ar**t presented iu the sea to eberce obedience to ouf re Â» oavne laws an4 au the afates alsni are represented without lastly if we nave sn.rii powers are the provis eh-toiice to the number of the people contained inns of this bi i such as are proper to secure that within their hunts the executive exercising obedie ice ? there never was any question taiaaibfiud ante an taniawelhi the represen jnore involved in metaphysical subtleties than a.ive of the people and the states combined these oav bean by gentlemen hold in the mb fhese ordinate brauciies of the legislative power ative ot each of thein they invariably seek are checks on each other as the seiratoi from out tie mosi refined and indefinable distinctions â– â– â€¢**â– â– has described ihem it is indeed sir i it weald with them be evidt-nco nf tf-iss obtuse hterally true liiat less than one filth of the peo i neÂ»s of intellect t fail always to discriminate be p e ol ihestates by ifieir liepresehiativw in this i tween a s to and the people of a state between senate could now del at any law proposed by sovereignly aad sovreign power arid to deter the numed ate delegates of the people of the j iniiie with pr cisioii whÂ»re eaeb of these orro u united slaves in ihe oth-r branch of congress ated and whore they now remain between i n"anjt branch is natamal h ewaahw â€” tnis fodera the foo'oatio.v of ihe pow rs f the govern uvtj â€” and the executive is elected by the pow ment and the sources from wutch those powers ers which create them both weii may it be j are drawn â€” and between the effects of a rati said that there never was a goveruiuenl before it fieation by he people oi the united states eat i winch the rights of a majority were so com ! lecta-ely and that uf a rdi.c.tion by ihe same palely protected hut uus pn^ectlou does not j people voting by state di visions the address j sto p here should all these ora^ches of the guv tu the people of south carolina by their dele i eminent irampleon a ni.uority by the enaetmeut gates in convention is replete with such dittine i ui au unconstitutional law it may appeal with tions the passage bom that curi us state paper i sa '" et y to tne judiciary anotiier branch of the : which i am about to r ad sir exhibits the origin government tne members of whieh are uouiina of all the err rs of the wrier in hs opinions of i tt>d b i the**reanleat and confirmed by tne ke liie na.siro of 'â€¢ s ovrei i . *' j presentatives ot tue siales in ibis body and a foreign or inattentive reader laaaeqaahvted 111,all y uhoajd the j udiciary decide in favor of with the origin prog ss and history uf tne htt oppreaaivte 1 w there lies an appeal to the constitution would be very apt from me phra | fwupte to iemâ€ž,e tne agents who have been seolooy of the instrument t.i regard the states ' b ruill y ot ll 'Â° 1'he tate of the alien i ash ving divested themselves if the t sovreign ! and sedition laws would furnish the honorable ty and to hav c become great cjpuraiions sob | meinher from virginia wiiu an apt illustratiou uf ordinate to one supreme government but : tllu ohncttve operation af jus last and most im this is as ermr the state are as sovreign ; pertain check on the exercise of ihe power now as they were previous to then entering j this governaantt paseess the right of selt into the compact fu common barlance audio pww**auuo asa necessary incident to this avoid circumlocution it maybe admissible c j i-nponaui iignt the judicial department possess nourh to speak of fegwted and reserved sov j â€¢*â€¢ power la atuie w the saapnaus language " reignty but correctly speaking sovreign ty is ' Â° j a resolution of the legislature oi my native " a unit it is one indivisible and unalienable ! sme wiueu l received outyesteiday and 1 this " : t is then an absurdity to imagine that i ua > sapport ail controversies between the lni " thesovreitrnty of the states is surrendered in ted stales and tlio respecuve states and all part and retained in pari the federal con ' controversies arising under uie constitution it stitution is a treaty a i^nfederation an alliance selt -" on tins mast nupurunt question it i by which so many f reign stales agree to understand t e honorable srtiaur troui v ngiiiia exercise their sovreign powers conjointly upon ehuius tne doctrine that neu govennueiits certain objects of external concerns on which co.ne ih collision the supreme court cannot de they are equally interested saefa as ft ehte liie genueuiaa iro.n kentucky mr psnee commerce terekja negotiation and iu *Â«*) hahlsthat me court can not exercue politi cian trade aud upon ifl other subjects of civil | al p w i aud heavers that the quesuon now g.'.vrnment they were to exercise their sov ugilatmg the mate of south carolina cannot be r gnty seperatcly this is the true nature of decideu uy ihe court because they arc all cases tho comiact â– Â°^ liie exercise of political power k vrei'mtv is by this authority anajtâ€”it vv'iien wr asaedwu the present illustrious is - e and muilicnabk the iu president of the uunrtj in hw place as a iuuui frencj dtewn from these premises is thai it is ber ot ihe house of representatives teak the an absurdity to imagine that the sov reignty of anttiuetton rehed apun aotwnen jcoieial and po the state is surrendered hi part and retained itucal power he dearly explained and defined u part in vain did the trainers of our glorious "â€¢ a he court can decide only m a case which constitution in their circular of the 17th septem '-*'> brought before it it can do nothing ut ber 1787 declaring that it was obviously im us mere motion it has no legislative ami no nracuble in the federal government erf these eaecauve power bat m every case m law or states to secure all rights of independent mjb i""y which could arise octore uie court under mvniy to each and yet provide for the interest tde constitution or laws it is as the courts ot and safety of au in vain did thev declare that the united slates are now organized the sole individuals entering into society most give up aft.ter ; and i.oi.ung has ever lalleu lro.u mr a share of liberty to preserve the rest in vain marshall to eontradiet this piiuciple on the did they the representatives of the stales them j eunttaty the whole cuneiil oxaulnoriliui m the selves ordain that no state shall enter iulo t^ouh sustains it any treaty alliance or confederation ; grant let j q da tnen tne mest i on w the validity of the ters of marque and reprisal coin money emit g uut | l carolina ordinance and kgislation made bills of credit make any thing but gold aid sil ; as liu .^. trt , m opposition to our revenue laws vercoin a tender in payment uf debts pass any | arise beioru uie court why not ? if it be bill of attaindsr ex post facto law or law iin uut p re=>eillu d tor determination there it must be pairing the obligation of contracts in vain ou - ll)for tlj kj ol j iar caust . which 1 can understand did they provide that no state should without than the refusal uf tier citizens to bwig up tne the consent of congress lay any imposts or duty p j a au actlon f or a breach uf our revenue on imports or exports except what may be ab | j an - sj ln e citizen of caroliua who may claim solutely necessary for executing its inspection l beaefiiÂ«fuua state interposition cau surely laws subjecting at the same time all such lavys j p eaa lil s j k . c i a | lua tter in bar of the action set to the revision and control of congress in vain un ibriti the ordinance and laws under which did they determine that no state shall without 1 1 jm nrutcirtion the attorney fur the the consent of congress lay any duty on ton government must demur to the plea because nage keep troopsor ships of war in lime of peace tll(j owiscoaiaaaad in it are not taasonabie enter into any agreement or compact with aa 1 thcjadjnwnt of the court below and ul the other state or with a foreign power or engage c>ll , rt mtppeal must be on tho vory question iÂ«i i/-ar unless actually invaded or in such iuimi whether this ordinance and these laws are con nent danger as wil not admit of delay and bli t ul i 0 j a l will any professional gentleman what is more than all this the people of south | iere deny this ? will any one of them state a carolma on the 2sd of may 178 in vain sol nitswih tlinvalfj hi tr^-h to the propriety of eimily de^lae to us a d to the whole world uu6 tu 0e ot preseiitingÂ°the whole question m that they a,seu ted to and ratified thia constitu jb||u htrtirrjirn us to this tribunal sir i deiy tio it was reserved to the wisdom ol after t j u j r dcruluj y they know as i do that the ages to discover that they had not the pow case 1sliue vv | i ' lc i cau be easily submitted to the er to make a valid cmtraet that their ovfeign ourv rfthey dare u do it sbj r 1 - " 1 " iivisib i e d k alienable r|||i ,â€ž. m his , ate mejis age in refer w by sir if this dogma should be established , aleresuag 6ixbieclt has brought tne necessary cons^uenc of it is that there can government to its true principles an l be but two t rms ot gevernment knowa among laauiu)iied lua aulilonty of the court as i hav c men â€” an absolute democracy or absolute des ,_ t aathan i if the people cannot alien any pirtion s " â€ž. â€” .. , . of their sovreion vivver for their own good we the sentiments of the \ ice *-Â£* j are ourselves usurpers of aathonhy and are guilty coincde a ith these un tnsva of treason by tbe very act of attempting u le has been no non-^aim.ttal van buien gislate for their henofit rn hw speech hhw jadkawy m u*f 'Â»?Â£>. my honorable friend from virginia whileso has toa ju-tly ibserveu that t eloquently aunportiag what he teruis the dem not up,n this eartn.and there "^ et j e *"? o.-raucdoetrinetof 17m assures us that , ur a judicial tribunal clothed with powers so van government could not be auveieign in any seass us aud so nnpurttut as the uajlw if that onj ; that it was but nal lins won by it treaties and laws made r j â– tbe states and held its existence out at the he constitution are declared to ue thj opre pleasure of the stales he puts the signifi lawof he iaud sotar cant interrogatory to sustain himself in these congress deasaw upon the gourt lor , pos,tions_can there be such a thing as a cm ution the supreme court zen of the united states aud to this he de * osucb net ampumawit to the Â«^ ft f""t mands an answer Â»Â«* **Â» Â«Â« hff Â« zsjtmss jm i wdlgivehirn tbat answer sir bydescxib â– Â«Â»" theretore may absolutely jfj 7 mi uus urvamajant a it uctuauy aajnaj . id ihe ukÂ»ut aaawaaaw not only are the acts uf tho national leg 0 latkm subject to its review but it stau is as th umpire between die conrlicting powers of tha genetal and state governments but thÂ«s in not all it not only sits in final judgment uptni our acts as the highest legislative bidy known to th country â€” ii iÂ»,,t only claims to be the avso lute arbiu-r between the federal ami state go verninents â€” but it exercises the same great pow er between the respective state iorinn r uus â€¢ great con fed racy and their own citizens there are few stales in ibe union upon Â« hi we acts the seal of condemnation has not from time to time been placed by the supremo court thc sovtrei^u authorities of vermont new hampshire new york new jersv penn sylvania maryhuid virginia north candida â€¢ uvsnuri kentucky and ohio have hi turn been rebuked and silenced by the over ruling authority of ibis court i must not be under stood sir as complaining of tbe exercise af this jurisdiction by the supreme court to pass upon the correctness of their decisions tha authoruif has been given to them slid this it not the place is g'kxtiaa its exercise mr clayton here spoke of the atte npta mad to exonerate virginia from the imputation of in consistency between the principles of her reso lution of 98 and those adopted unan.iu ously i i answer to pennsylvania the senator from virginia says that because they were unanioioua they could not have been wen crnei lered though the seuator had urged the same argument on a former occasion mr c said he couid not doem it sound a unanimous vote in his opinion impli ed a well considered and well settled decision the axgu ne*a raised upon tbe distinction be tween a proposition for an aibiter to decide con troversies between a sute and the federal gov ernment and & propusm.m f>r an arbiter betweau the states theinsentsykes he rejected a*a meta physical refinement mr c thro rel/rred to tho south carolina address from whieh ho cited tho terlfs tiir carolina watchman is published rerrwvekal 7>w dollar p-r year in advane uh re the laaamieri live c unties more than in hnndred miles dishnrt ian sekebory and ia . tt irre the aecou.it is over one year stun all caws Â» "Â« ii ;:.,., lit mice wid oe-4 s suhswion will be taken for less than one vjr advcrtising-willhedonoa the usual rates n labhcription will he withdrawn until arnjara â€ž,.< are paid . aaleaj the editor r houses b sirsobacriaew paying the whole sum m ao v ( ,;â€ž- nhavetheltaie%aawiat 50 tor ond year and if advanced regularly will he conunu ed at the same rate afterwards all letters to the editor oust la postpaid or ihevviunuf l attended to ' per addressing the editor m the business , f the ofri'-e will address bun as editor ot the carpkmi walchina those that write on oth er business ean direct to ii c jones n b all the subscriptions taken before the nm"!.eeineut of this pap r it will be remem bered become due on the publication of too fust nuaibur .. the wa.tcii.vf an salislw^y saturday february 2.i 1833 revenue collection bill the senate then proceeded again to the spe cuil order of the day and the rill making fur ther provision for the collection of the revenue being announced mr clayton of delaware rose he said that when the eloaaeat and able setta'or fntu v'ilginai,(in > i tyhf mno yesterduy to discuss the bill under eoiisidernlion he had expressed his apprehension ihat some loose remark which aught fall from hiin in the ardor of debate might prove fatal to him entertained and delighted as i i was by t lie perspicuous and admirable speech of the gentleman sustaining the doctrines of thel jeweer'v worm am watch s\9 clock repaihina proii'i state which heso^^^^bymis ever rr otill carries on tbe above bosinesi in its presented on this floor kuic his first introduction n v.rwms braaeheu w the house formerly i as a member of this body mr c confessed that accursed bv james b hampton one door above j he could scarcely conceive of tho possibility of â€¢ o '.|.:, v â€ž more he is confideut by his kingexpe j any distortion oi his views or misapprehension of riÂ«ttce that he has acquired a practical know his sentiments i hnow well said mi clayton ( keo'f ids trade and thinks that his work will i that my honorable friend will acquit me iu the id ...' as well as by uf mechanic in the state outset of any wilful design to icisrepresent him he has on band a small assortment of jewelry , and he knows equally well that if iu the course a i ' silver ware whieh he will sell cheap i | af heated debate i should at any time while re ' he is thankful for net custom and still solicits a ; ferring to his pinions fail to express myself as ghareof theeuatomof those who have use forhi^he did it vuilnve rne pleasare to stand corree irodv lie will wasunat his work to do well for lied by his explanations while about to dissent twelve inoutbi if ii huls no charge will be | u\m many of his opinions on tbe interesting sub i , liect suffer me to add said mr clayton that if lie ,''â€¢ m m^m ihws ilsburv feb l s >â– Â» 1 - â– ' mm m mmmmmmmmm m iny iuckicss expression of mine delivered in tne ho^yutottftts discussion should uo ut youd its maik in me h r prevail i-hrrs most h have ity h following passage * it is toruiuati for the view which we have justtaken that the history of the c mstitulioii as traced through the journals of the convention which framed that instrument places the right contended fir upon the same sure fcondttiltn these journals furnish abundant proof that ik line of jurisdiction between the states and fe deral government in doubtful cases and 1/r randolph the in st prominent advocates for a supreme government that it was impmible to draw this line because bo tribunal sulficicntl * impartial as they conceived could be found and that there was no alternative but to make the federal government supreme by giving it iu all such cases a negative m lheuets,of ihe slate legislatures the pertinacity with which this negative power was insisted on by tho adv-k-ates of a national government even after all the im portant provisions of the jndicii'rif or third ar ticle of tho constitution were arranged aud a greed to proves beyoud doubt that the supreme court was never contemplated by either parly in that convention as an arbiter to decide confid ing claims of sovereignty between the states and congress and the repeated rejection of all pro posals to take from the state the poweref placing their own construction oa the irtidesel union evinces that the s'a'es were resolved never to part with the right to judge whether the acts of the federal legislature wore or were not ab in fringement of those articles entertainment â€¢ * fll sahscriner respectfully kegs < .Â»'"* j j 1 bave to inform ins old cl's k.'.'ib to\if.tts and the public generally 1"1!3h1 a im t ntinues to keep that laroe and spacious buii.t nfch northeast ror^ep ot ttie court-house square .-/ ./; directly in till centre of till village where he wdl al all times be happy to receive company his table and bar are as good as the market affords 1 1 is roomsand bedding inferior to none h'.s stables large and convenient well supplied with provender and every attention paid to horses newspapers grain different parti of the uu ted states are ta keu at this kstanltshmfinar t r the use of the public and no exertions will be spared by the pn r it irt s render his guests comfortable wadeshor.wgh n.c oci.iw.l2 s t waddill jr ti:j peraues travelling through this place in either of th starts will find at this mouse prompt attention comfortable aeeoinrnodations and inwlaratfl charges j . w jr if mr clayton said a doubt had ever existed in his judgment as the course which it was lis duty to pursue in referring to this most interesting measure that doubt would have been dispelled by o.rtain res dutions whieh he hell in his hand proceeding from the legislature of tbe state of whose interests and wishes he was a representa live on this floor those resolutions in sub aunce declare that the constitution of the uni ted-states is not a treaty or a kiere compact be tween sovereign states beita form of government emanating from and established by tiie authority ot the people of the united states that this government although one of limited powers is supreme within its sphere of action and that the people owe to it an allegiance which cannot in consonance with the constitution be withdrawn by state nullification or state secession that ti.e supreme court of tho united states is the only and proper tribunal for uie setih neat iu the last resort of controversies arising ui.dtr that eon sfitiitroii and the laws of congress â€” that in ea ses uf gross and intolerable oppression lor which the ordinary remedies to be found in the elective franchise and tbe responsibility uf public officers are inade.piate the remedy is an extra constitu tional resistance and revolution tho language of our people f said mr c as expressed by their representatives in reference to the fatal delusion pervading the recent ordinance and legislation uf south carolina is that while they entertain the kindest fcefiiigs towards the people of that state with whom they stood side by side in the war of the revolution and iu whose defence their l>1 od v as freely spilt they will not taller in theu nib glance out will be found now as then true to tiieir country aud its government and they pledge themselves to support that government m the exercise uf its constitutional rights and in the discharge of its consuiution.il duties these resoititietis proceeding as they do from gentle li.e.i uf all political parties do not instruct me to adopt the principles embraced in them as my po litical faith and creed they leave me untrammel led by any mandate to follow the course which in v own judgment may dictate in reference to the whole subject but mr clayton said his sentiments were no secret to the ptople uf the slate he had the lion or to represent or to their legislature whin doctrines directly the reverse of ihose were first advocated within the walls of ibis chamber though fresh ha his beat here his voice had been rased against them the very first effort said mr clayton that was ever made here iu favor of the real carolinu doctrine of nullification by h stale convention urged by a gentleman now a happy convert to much uf my pjitic.il catechism and urged then with a degrtee of a oility which has not been surpassed in this de bate â€” waj replied to by n.e while feebly sup porting the very doctrine contained in the resolu tions of delaware so tar as i have referred to them 1 assure that honorable member there is now no other mode known among men whereby he can be politically saved sir said mr c .) tho principles which i en tered public life and with which by the blessing of god i intend to live and die â€” the same pnn ciples for which 1 and my poltical friends have ot en contending during the whole period uf my service in tins senate have been discovered by the president in this perilous crisis of our coun try's history to be ihe only true conservative principles of the constitution as one of those w ho have steadily , though unsuccessfully , opposed v bai in my conscience 1 believe io have been kxe eutive usurpations of power-doctrines leading a i have af tea predicted to the present day results â€” true to the same principles 1 now find myself by a sodden revolution in the whole political iou.se f die administration anxiously s.p,or ti.ig its very strongest measiirvs at tue same unit 1 find the president without the aiu uf my self and my political friends in a very small anu hopeless minority in the senate it is under these circumstances air that the chairman ot the committee assignsa reason for supporting thu oill so directiy opposite to mine â€” so repugnant to ail my notions of right and wrong â€” that 1 deem it my duty in limine to euttr my protest against it he supports the bill if i understood bun rightly because the president is to execute it i he votes tor thisgieat measure because it confers power on one who toll it not m gath never never abused p wer he goes for tne nam â€” he sustains the principle for the sake of the man there may be others sir who with a deep devo itiou whieh no circumstance cau diminish or abate with an anient zeal which no tyranny could cool with a blind confidence which neither time nor hide c'jdd ever wear away would haw to thc the facts upon which those conclusions wern based were he said erroneously stale there was in the convection a member from the stats of maryland who wasa nullilier at that day lie was a man of distinguished ability aud le gal attainments he referred to luther martu . ueoppned the constitution and refuse his sig nature to it he represented one ai uvaa small states the safety of which be believed to depend on the establishment of a purely federal govern ment the house of delegates of maryland demanded of him his reasons for refusing to sign the constitution those reasons be gave in n very able view of the constitution eashauing all the objections to that instrument which have since been urged mosmsrtq'l especially to tie powers given to tha supreme court and to the clause providing for thc aoniahnjenl of trea son these powers mr micrfin contended consoli dated the government arbitrary power he ay may and ought tohe resisted by anus jfueeeaai ry the time might etane when tht dignity and safety of a state might render necessary rcsor to the sword in which case the constitution pre vhledthat every one of her citizens so r sisting the laws of the federal government shall h>i dealt with astraitois mr.c went on to n ad certain passages from the document to which uu bad referred â€” by the third section of this article it n d claretl that treason against the umtetl states shall consist in levying war against iheua or iu adhering to their ciiemies giving them aid or comfort . by the principles of the american revolution arbitrarv power may aud anfbt to hs resisted even by anus if necessary tlie time may com when it shall be the duty af a state in order to preserve itself from the oppression of tl general rovernmeiit to have recourse to the sword in which ease the purposed form of government de clares that the state and every us of he citizens who not under its authority are guilty of a direct act af treason kc to save the ejtiaons of ihe respective states from this disagreeable dilemma and tnaanam tiiem from hnuaj punishable as trsdon to the united sqdes when acting expressly in obedicnc to the authority of their own state i anahed to naveobuined l an u.nd.uent to tbe third sec tion of this artcde thc fouewmg clause pu vild.that,.o a etoracudo.,ebyoae or mm m the stole against the letted state or by an citizen of oueaf the united states **"*Â» authority uf one or v**j^fsnnnk2 shall lie deemed treason or pian-w ai >*â– * hut in case of war being g of the j ril^u*r,vÂ»u*Â«.r conduct ot each part jw^saai by the ndneianto respecuvbly Â»!Â«Â« w k - m * laws of war and af f b*ti beiiu hut tiii pro vision was p i ' , "Â°. i*tâ€žtb^2restehject af many pi too much oppos lhe ftr eoavensun which *â– to htsxes at the = by 1 j pneavnoang mm vy zs?mi ilsoauk tkeir iiumediato aud entuu continued mr clayton if the doetrfo ttssi suite may nullify the hvwsof tha i'nion and atill remam is the una thÂ«o ma union " rorsututioe i oiost be some clause of jzljm*mm iborrxing ihumueo to the law amh f government by tae s tate wj huf , pÂ«ars offered anauiewhnenj g*"j i^whkhwasre j ec,ed.ar^h rli petition for d'.vvrce keshdi green j in tins case it hiving been made appear to tbe lisfar-tiou of the court that the defendant ke : ejakgreea,ierides without urn hunts uf this state so that iheurdtnarj process of the law can nut >â€¢ served on hen it i therefore ordered by the urt that nuhliestion be made in the caiolina \ atchn.au ' m the north-carohna specta rand western advertiser for the term of three ! oiiths ratifying tbe defendant to be and appear a superior coart of law to be held tor ihe ounty of haywood at the court-house in j v'ayiiesville on the second tuesday after the ' irtu monday in march next then and there to end answer or demur to ihe petition of the pe loner otherwise judgement pro eaa/eaw will t ntered against her and decree made eeour inrly and.it is further ordered that the editors of i said papers be requested to forward their pers to this ollku during tho said three oaths teat johns love qlu